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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

IDA E. HERVEY, or NEW YORK, N. Y;

HAlR-CURLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,819, dated July 28,1891.

Application filed May 22, 1890. Serial No. 352,754. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA E. HERVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to hair-curlers; and it consists in the applicationto a roller of a simple and novel clampingrfinger by which the hair endsare readily'held down to the surface of the roller immediately prior torolling the hair for curling purposes, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved curler, showing theclamping-finger raised to allow the hair ends to be placed on theroller. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the clamping-fingerclosed uponthe hair ends and securely holding them in contact with the surface ofthe roller. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the curler,showing a strand of hair when wound around and secured to the curler.Fig. at is an enlarged side view of the curler, partlyin longitudinalsection, the hair being shown as wound around and secured in place, asin Fig. 3.

Through one end of a roller A are bored perforations a a. Through thecorrespond ing end of a clamping-fingerB are bored perforations b 1),corresponding in size and location to perforations an. Through theseperforations a and b are passed the ends 0 c of an elastic loop 0, a boxor other knot (1 being first formed a short distance from the endsthereof and so tied as to rest upon the u pper surface of the finger.After passing through their respective perforations the loop ends areslightly stretched and are tied into a box or other knot e, beneath thelower surface of the roller. The resiliency of the elastic cord operatesto hold and firmly press the clam ping-finger down upon the uppersurface of the roller.

To preserve the rounded contour in transverse section of the combinedroller and clampingfinger when lying contiguous to each other, thelatter is constructed ina longitudinal plane with a concave bottom andconvex top, the cross-section thereof assuming the shape of a crescent,as shown in Fig. 3.

To facilitate the opening of the curler for the insertion of the hairends, the lower surface of the perforated end of the clamping finger andthe upper opposite surface of the corresponding end of the roller arebeveled, as shown at 7th. Necessary leverage is thus provided, by whichthe operators fingers may easily overcome the pressure exerted by theelastic loop ends, as hereinbefore described.

After the strand of hair has been wound around the curler to the desiredextent the latter is securely held in place by the free or bent end ofthe elastic loop C. The length of this loop, however, is not as great asthat of the roller. In securing the curler in place in the hair ittherefore becomes necessary to stretch the loop sufficiently to passaround the free end of the roller. wh re it is firmly held in a seatformed by either one of two crossfastening grooves 11 i.

I am aware that a roller and elastic loop have heretofore been used inhair-curlers; but no provision has been made prior to my invention forsecurely holding the hair ends to the curler before rolling. By myimproved curler the shortest hairon a ladys head may be easily curled. 1

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hair-curler, the combination of the perforated roller provided witha bevel on the upper surface at its perforated end, the perforatedclamping-finger." provided with a beve on the lower surface at itscorresponding perforated end, and the elastic loop passing through saidperforations tied in front of the fulcrum shoulders of the roller andfinger in an upper and lower knot, thereby securing together the rollerand clamping-finger in a normallyclosed state, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I aflix-my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IDA E. HERVEY. -IVitnesses:

W. O. ATTHAUSE, WM. H. KELLY.

